Shanghai crisis looms as talks aim for truce
Amid Shanghai fighting Japans forces push from Chapei Kaiwan line under Gen Shirakawa claim victory. League council backs a conference on Shanghai with Boncour’s plan, while Araki warns of continued action. Lindbergh baby kidnap reported. U S Navy gears for Pacific maneuvers as tax and crime bills advance in Congress.
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California Fig Syrup praised by mother for child’s quick recovery
A San Antonio mother credits California Fig Syrup with restoring her three year old daughter after a serious intestinal attack. The advertorial testimonial touts the product as purely vegetable, gentle yet effective, and widely recommended by physicians for over 50 years. It warns of imitations and urges checking the carton for the California Fig Syrup name. Also mentions a Russian artist walking from Vienna to Berlin wearing 2000 pins to promote an amusement park.
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Man Loses 22 Pounds and a Pledge Case in Bessarabia
A battered clipping notes a man selling weight loss pills with dubious promise. It also reports a colonel-like official seizing a ten month old baby in Patulea, Bessarabia, over unpaid taxes, with the father’s failure to pay triggering the seizure and custody.
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Wear Silk Shorts Become Uniform in Russian Villages
Boris Piinyak notes in The Nation that after the war silk shorts spread as a fashion among Russian village women, replacing skirts and affecting daily life. The trend reached tractors on collective farms, provoking shock beyond European and American styles.
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Boris Piinyak
Red Pepper Rub Promises Instant Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts Rowles Red Pepper Rub as a penetrating heat ointment that eases rheumatism neuritis and chest colds by delivering instant relief. It claims genuine red pepper extract soothes inflammation under the skin and notes its availability in small jars at drugstores. The piece also cites Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a liver regulator and includes a satirical ad line about political honesty.
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Holy Thorn Legend Draws Devout to Glastonbury Wells
The Glastonbury tale links the Holy Thorn to Joseph of Arimathea and the Holy Grail with legends of the staff blooming and a reddened spring. Saints and kings reportedly visited the holy well, now tied to a long venerated site reputed since Saxon and Celtic times.
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Missionaries Adopt Air Travel for Reach
In Asia and Siam, missionaries increasingly use planes to traverse distant dioceses. Mon apostolic vicar of Stanleyville notes travel now takes three days by air, improving access for the mission. Reports say air arrival elevates moral impact on natives and aids the Propa Faith amid first commercial lines in Siam.
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Asia
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Stanleyville
Rome
Siam
Liver Heat Saver Found by Yale Doctor
Dr Henry G Barbour of Yale University told the National Academy that the liver functions to save heat when the body is chilled or when fever begins.
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Yale University
National Academy
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